Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper, 100825, Norwich

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2025 - October 09, 2025
Page Size: 1118 items in 45 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
427 G. P. R. JAMES. (George Payne Rainsford)

The Convict or, The Hypocrite Unmasked A Tale

82 Cliff Street, New York 1847 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 27.81
428 HENRY WILLIAMSON

A CHRONICLE OF ANCIENT SUNLIGHT

GBP 55.00 - 105.00 GBP 69.52
429 Eva Hope

Grace Darling the Heroine of the Farne Islands; Her Life and its Lessons

London 1875 GBP 10.00 - 30.00 GBP 48.03
430 P G WODEHOUSE

IF I WERE YOU

London 1931 GBP 180.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
431 LEN DEIGHTON

MIXED FICTION FIRSTS: 6 Titles: BERLIN GAME

London 1983 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 18.96
432 HUGH BROGAN

BY AND ABOUT ARTHUR RANSOME: 8 Titles: SIGNALLING FROM MARS - THE LETTERS OF ARTHUR RANSOME

London 1977 GBP 25.00 - 55.00 GBP 56.88
433 ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

A STUDY IN SCARLET

London 1898 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 25.28
434 EVELYN WAUGH

BRIDESHEAD REVISITED - THE SACRED AND PROFANE MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN CHARLES RYDER

London 1946 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 69.52
435 MARTIN CRUZ SMITH FIRSTS

5 Titles: NIGHTWING

London 1977 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 15.17
436 BARRY PHELPS

BY AND ABOUT P G WODEHOUSE: 6 Titles: P G WODEHOUSE - MAN AND MYTH

London 1992 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 25.28
437 P G WODEHOUSE

THE HEART OF A GOOF

London ND GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 18.96
438 IRIS MURDOCH

THE FIRE AND THE SUN - WHY PLATO BANISHED THE ARTISTS

Oxford 1977 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 12.64
439 PHILIP ROTH

AMERICAN PASTORAL

London 1997 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 12.64
440

COMPTON MACKENZIE: 3 Titles [THE FOUR WINDS OF LOVE SERIES]: THE WEST WIND OF LOVE [3]

London 1940 - 1944 Not Available GBP 10.11
441 WILLIAM BOYD FIRSTS

3 Titles: THE BLUE AFTERNOON

London 1993 Not Available GBP 12.64
441a BRIAN BURLAND

STEPHEN DECATUR - THE DEVIL AND THE ENDYMION

London 1975, ND GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 31.60
442 IAN RANKIN

INSCRIBED MODERN FICTION HARDBACKS: 6 Titles: EXIT MUSIC

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 37.92
443 JOHN FOWLES FIRSTS

4 Titles: A MAGGOT

London 1985 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 15.17
444 ROALD DAHL

3 Titles: KISS KISS

New York 1960 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 35.39
445 Miguel De Cervantes

The History of Don Quixote de La Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes

1922 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 50.56
446 WILLIAM TREVOR

THE COLLECTED STORIES

London 2009 Not Available GBP 25.28
447 ZANE GREY

MASTERPIECES OF THE OLD WEST [RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 37.92
448 ANITA SHREVE

MODERN FIRSTS: 7 Titles: TESTIMONT

London 2008 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.64
449 HILARY MANTEL

MODERN FIRSTS: 6 Titles: BRING UP THE BODIES

London 2012 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 22.75
450 YANN MARTELL AND TOMISLAV TORJANAC (Illus)

LIFE OF PI

Edinburgh 2007 Not Available GBP 5.06
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.